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NBC News: Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee targeting 10 states for gains in the 2025 and 2026 elections – Missouri not among them

FLASHBACK: SNL (4/17/23): Greene County “Dem Days” recap: St. Louis City Mayor Tishaura Jones calls Sens. Eric Schmitt and Josh Hawley “absolutely useless”; Crystal Quade claims “the tide is turning” in Missouri; new Missouri Democratic Party Chairman Russ Carnahan says Dems’ enthusiasm “palpable and growing”

FLASHBACK: Missouri Democratic Party’s Lauren Gepford, May 2019: How we will “build the bench,” etc.; “Don’t worry, we have a plan!” (p.19) (source: Missouri Democrats Building Blue Strategic Plan, opens in .pdf)

Instagram reel (December 2024): Throw your money away today! Missouri House Democratic Campaign Committee ad (featuring Keri Ingle and John Cena)

Brad & John Show (104.5 FM St. Charles/Franklin/Warren Counties), Tuesday: National Dems write of Missouri legislative races: both sides of the argument (link opens at 14:20 mark)

Columbia Missourian: New NIH policy potentially places financial stress on researchers

Columbia Missourian: MU soybean research project shuts down as Trump cuts off funding

Brad & John Show (104.5 FM St. Charles/Franklin/Warren Counties), Monday: Recap of Franklin County toxic landfill and what Josh Hawley and Missouri DNR are/are not doing (link opens at 16:15 mark)

Brad & John Show, Monday: St. Louis Public Radio promotes tip line to report ICE agent rumors; plus ’80s cover song from Tomas Dostone (link opens at 13:00 mark)

Brad & John Show on Instagram: Monday show summary

P-D: Missouri fines St. Louis Democratic group for over $5,000 in unreported spending; 19th Ward Democratic Association and treasurer Queen Byrd paid herself (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

The Missouri Times: Evan Rodriguez, general counsel to former Gov. Parson, joins Armstrong Teasdale

JCNT: Gov. Kehoe hosts FFA students, stresses future of agriculture

P-D: Few responses to government efficiency survey are ‘constructive,’ Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R-Arnold) says (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Columbia Missourian: Kehoe administration lays out plan for school spending

Columbia Missourian: State lawmakers are lining up to join the immigration battle

P-D: Missouri House panel approves plan to make child protections permanent (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Columbia Missourian: House committee approves bills protecting kids from “gender-affirming care”

P-D: Missouri lawmakers target China in latest foreign ownership foray (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Columbia Missourian: Effort renewed to ban foreign ownership of farm land

AP: Bayer backs broadened effort to shield popular weedkiller from claims it failed to warn of cancer

Kansas City Beacon: Real estate sale prices are secret in Missouri — even to people who calculate your taxes

P-D: Public radio stations, including KWMU, are splitting from UMSL (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis Public Radio to go independent, parting ways with UMSL

KCUR: In a ‘bold move,’ KCUR and Classical KC begin the process of transitioning from UMKC

P-D: Legal group warns St. Louis Public Schools about improper spending (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Monday: New gems from the last St. Louis Public Schools credit card expense reports (link opens at 1:52 mark)

SNL: ‘Hawk Tuah’ spelled many ways: See all the vanity plates rejected in Missouri in 2024

Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Highlights of rejected Missouri license plates (link opens at 1:30 mark)

Instagram reel (June 2024): HAWK TUAH #mogov PAWG edition (ft. Crystal Quade)

P-D: Shuttered Richmond Heights dispensary didn’t pay for its weed, suit says (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

KC Star’s Yvette Walker: Josh Hawley works with Bernie Sanders to cap credit card interest rate at 10%. What?

KC Star op-ed: Missouri Rural Crisis Center’s Tim Gibbons and Darvin Bentlage: Current ‘disaster’ on Missouri farms can’t withstand another round of Trump tariffs

The Missouri Times op-ed: Secretary of State Denny Hoskins: The foundation of a strong Missouri: Marriage, love, and family

NPR Midwest Newsroom’s Kavahn Mansouri, via St. Louis Public Radio: Homeless residents in Midwest cities are increasingly hard to track – and to help

Amazon.com: Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks – $7.99 on Kindle, $12.99 in paperback

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